Violin

Name: Violin
Price: 35 $
Availability: InStock

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Whether you are an absolute beginner with no prior music playing experience, a classical music student who is ready to try Irish music, or a seasoned session player who wants to learn different styles of traditional Irish music

$35

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Duration

30 Minutes

Course Details

We strive to create a community of music lovers who come together to experience the joys of traditional Irish music. You can participate by playing an instrument or learning to sing traditional Irish songs.

The Irish Music School of Chicago teaches children and adults as it has been done for generations in Ireland and Irish communities around the world: as a collaboration between Irish musicians, teachers, students and the community itself.

Students learn almost entirely by ear with little to no reference to written music. The School does more than just teach students the tunes, though. In keeping with the tradition of Irish music, the School tells the stories behind the tunes, and the significance of being part of a living musical community, a community that values its senior members and is much larger than any individual.

From the first day, our students have fun with Irish music. By acquiring creative and social outlets that will last them a lifetime, they are able to make friends wherever they go. Our teaching philosophy demands that our students have access to and participate in all forms of Irish music.

As such, they learn how to perform in front of audiences, how to play for hours at sessions, how to play for dancers and how to help others learn to play. They can arrange themselves into groups, decide which tunes to play, and then figure out and memorize their own accompaniment parts and arrangements. Many of our students can do these things on multiple instruments.

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Peterson Park Branch

5978 N Lincoln Ave, Peterson Park, Chicago

Teacher's Name
Seán
Teacher's Experience
Seán Cleland is an Irish fiddle player, Irish music teacher, adjudicator, collaborator, producer and executive director of the Irish Music School of Chicago, a non-profit traditional Irish music, language, song and dance school, which he founded in 2003. Seán grew up on the North side of Chicago in an Irish-American household. He started classical violin lessons at age 7, and at age 9 his parents took him to one of the first North American concert tours of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, Ireland's national music organization. The performers that fall night in 1972 were the absolute best traditional musicians, singers and dancers from Ireland including Paddy Glackin, Paddy Ryan and Antoin MacGabhann. That night was so impactful that he decided right then and there that he would play the fiddle.
Gender
Male
Teacher's Nationality
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